How To Oshoko (Offer Incense)

PostTue, 6/13

Offering incense is a symbol of purification. When we offer incense, it is not a desire for something in return. Many practices in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism are exercises in being mindful. Here are the steps.

Bow with your hands at your sides about 3 feet away from the incense burner.

Starting with your left foot, take a few steps until you can reach the burner.

Take a very small pinch of incense and put it in the burner.

Now place your hands together and bow reciting “Namo Amida Butsu”

Now place your hands back at your side, and take two steps backwards starting with your right foot.